by Tim Kerr
Location: Hubert, North Carolina
Date: February 3, 2009
Messier 106 (also known as NGC 4258)
Seeing and transparency were working against me the night of Jan 31st into the morning hours of Feb 1st
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT/350D at prime focus on Celestron C6" R-GT f/8 Refractor.
Autoguiding with Meade DSI IIC on a Celestron C80ED f/7.5 Refractor using Stark Labs PHD guiding software.
Image capture and stack using Stark Labs Nebulosity.
Final Processing in Photoshop elements.
Image stack of 40x180 seconds at ISO 800